Patents Assigned to Swirlds, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20190042619
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device configured to be included within a set of compute devices that implement the distributed database. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to define a first event linked to a first set of events. The processor is configured to receive, from a second compute device from the set of compute devices, a signal representing a second event (1) defined by the second compute device and (2) linked to a second set of events. The processor is configured to identify an order associated with a third set of events based at least one a result of a protocol. The processor is configured to store in the instance of the distributed database the order associated with the third set of events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Swirlds, Inc.
    Inventor: Leemon C. BAIRD, III
  • Publication number: 20190020629
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor and associated with an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device. The processor is configured to select an anonymous communication path. Each blinded public key from a sequence of blinded public keys associated with the anonymous communication path is associated with a pseudonym of a compute device from a set of compute devices that implement the anonymous communication path. The processor is configured to generate an encrypted message encrypted with a first blinded public key. The processor is configured to generate an encrypted data packet including the encrypted message and a compute device identifier associated with a second compute device. The encrypted data packet is encrypted with a second blinded public key. The processor is configured to send the encrypted data packet to a third compute device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Swirlds, Inc.
    Inventors: Leemon C. BAIRD, III, Mance HARMON
  • Publication number: 20180173747
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory associated with an instance of a distributed database at a compute device configured to be included within a first group of compute devices. The apparatus is configured to determine an order for each event from the set of events based on different configurations of an event consensus protocol. The different configurations are logically related to different configurations of compute devices that implement the distributed database. The apparatus is configured to determine a current state of the instance of the distributed database based on the order determined for each event from the set of events and generate a signed state associated with the instance of the distributed database based on a hash value associated with the current state. The apparatus sends a signal to post into the instance of the distributed database an event that includes a transaction indicative of the signed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Swirlds, Inc.
    Inventor: Leemon C. BAIRD, III
  • Publication number: 20170308548
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device configured to be included within a set of compute devices that implement the distributed database. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to define a first event linked to a first set of events. The processor is configured to receive, from a second compute device from the set of compute devices, a signal representing a second event (1) defined by the second compute device and (2) linked to a second set of events. The processor is configured to identify an order associated with a third set of events based at least one a result of a protocol. The processor is configured to store in the instance of the distributed database the order associated with the third set of events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Swirlds, Inc.
    Inventor: Leemon C. BAIRD, III
  • Publication number: 20170132257
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an instance of a distributed database can be configured at a first compute device within a set of compute devices that implements the distributed database via a network. A database convergence module can define a first event linked to a first set of events and receive, from a second compute device from the set of compute devices, a second event (1) defined by the second compute device and (2) linked to a second set of events. The database convergence module can define a third event linked to the first event and the second event. The database convergence module can identify an order associated with a third set of events based at least on the first set of events and the second set of events, and store in the instance of the distributed database the order associated with the third set of events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Swirlds, Inc.
    Inventor: Leemon C. BAIRD, III
  • Patent number: 9646029
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device configured to be included within a set of compute devices that implement the distributed database. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to define a first event linked to a first set of events. The processor is configured to receive, from a second compute device from the set of compute devices, a signal representing a second event (1) defined by the second compute device and (2) linked to a second set of events. The processor is configured to identify an order associated with a third set of events based at least one a result of a protocol. The processor is configured to store in the instance of the distributed database the order associated with the third set of events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Swirlds, Inc.
    Inventor: Leemon C. Baird, III
  • Patent number: 9529923
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device configured to be included within a set of compute devices that implement the distributed database. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to define a first event linked to a first set of events. The processor is configured to receive, from a second compute device from the set of compute devices, a signal representing a second event (1) defined by the second compute device and (2) linked to a second set of events. The processor is configured to identify an order associated with a third set of events based at least one a result of a protocol. The processor is configured to store in the instance of the distributed database the order associated with the third set of events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Swirlds, Inc.
    Inventor: Leemon C. Baird, III
  • Patent number: 9390154
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an instance of a distributed database can be configured at a first compute device within a set of compute devices that implements the distributed database via a network. A database convergence module can define a first event linked to a first set of events and receive, from a second compute device from the set of compute devices, a second event (1) defined by the second compute device and (2) linked to a second set of events. The database convergence module can define a third event linked to the first event and the second event. The database convergence module can identify an order associated with a third set of events based at least on the first set of events and the second set of events, and store in the instance of the distributed database the order associated with the third set of events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Swirlds, Inc.
    Inventor: Leemon C. Baird, III